 The objective was to provide the World Bank, the League of Arab States and CAWTAR with a better understanding of your needs and interests, and of how similar trainings could be improved in the future.  A total of 18 participants out of 37 filled out the questionnaire.

2. “When you think about gender, what first comes to mind?”  44 % highlighted the notion of equality between men and women  33 % stated the relationship between men and women in life (as a family, in the workplace, in political life), and in society  Other thoughts: Women’s empowerment; Integration; Roles and responsibilities; Potential conflicts; Power struggles; Biased power of the authorities/legislations; Rooted traditions.

3. “Assess your knowledge of gender-related concepts”

4. “Could you quote at least 3 gender-related concepts you consider relevant for your work/WB mandate”  38% quoted the need to address the economic empowerment of women and the necessity to provide them with increasing opportunities in the economic sector (both in the formal and informal sector)  33% listed the need to address gender equality  22% listed the need to address gender mainstreaming  16% discussed the need to aid in the development of poor countries  16% stated gender budgeting  11% highlighted the need to provide gender sensitive indicators

 The other concepts listed were: ◦ Project management ◦ Roles and labor division ◦ Gender political participation ◦ Gender disaggregated data ◦ Gender awareness ◦ Promoting female decision making ◦ Gender-based violence ◦ Poverty alleviation and improving the quality of life

5. “Assess your ability to apply gender-related concepts”

6. “Can you give one or two examples of ways in which you would apply gender-related concepts to your projects?”  27% quoted the need to raise awareness in general and related to labor laws specifically.  The other examples cited were: Capacity building; Institutional building; Advocacy/networking programs for working women; Using disaggregated data by sex; Increasing women’s participation in decision-making; Assigning roles and responsibilities to match the goals and objectives of the project utilizing gender-based strong points/vulnerabilities; Ensuring the mainstreaming of gender in all plans for the developmental national projects in Jordan; Revising the tools which are used in a National Executive Program for a country from a gender perspective; Addressing the legal adjustment of national laws to integrate CEDAW convention policies; Increasing country consultations.

7. “Could you quote and describe what the required skills to incorporating a gender perspective are?"  27% quoted the ability to raise awareness of gender equality  27% also quoted the need for additional training in gender budgeting and mainstreaming  11% mentioned the need to have a good knowledge of gender concepts  11% listed communication skills  The other skills mentioned were: Increasing the number of women decision-makers; Analytical skills; Creativity; Networking with women’s association/organizations; Leadership skills

8. “Assess your capacity to use these technical skills with respect to incorporating a gender perspective”

9. “In what ways are you called upon to address gender issues in your day-to-day work?”  Through the implementation of gender related programs  By finding ways to apply indicators that address gender and monitoring their performance  Through the information and dissemination of gender- related issues  By producing research on women’s economic and social status  Through monitoring and supervision  By raising advocacy and awareness of gender-related issues  By analyzing government sectoral plans, as well as those of ministries and other stakeholders

10. “Does your team currently use gender-focused indicators to reduce gender gaps/measure women’s empowerment?” Those of you that said yes (61%) gave the following examples:  Through your projects  By making gender issues/topics in your meetings a priority  Through training workshops to provide women with the needed tools and resources to decrease poverty and include them in development processes  By working with gender indicators  By raising awareness  By assessing the ratio of men to women that benefit from your projects  By measuring the level of understanding through evaluations, including changes in perspectives and behavior

11. “Do you consider/know if Gender is an integral part of the WB’s mandate at a global level?”

11. “Do you consider/know if Gender is an integral part of the WB’s mandate in the MENA region?”

12. “Do you think the WB should be accountable for Gender equality?”  38% said no- one response stated that every woman’s organization should be accountable for gender equality, and not just the WB.  62% said yes- The WB should: ◦ Fund projects that focus on gender issues, both at the social and economic level ◦ Conduct awareness sessions and workshops in regards to gender equality ◦ Set an example by the way it works and proceeds in regards to including women at all levels ◦ Provide equal opportunities for women’s participation in society and in the economic sector ◦ Facilitate the networking between countries working on gender projects ◦ Disseminate best tools, practices and manuals ◦ Create a pool of local gender experts at field levels ◦ Influence policymaking in borrowing nations and by persuading non-borrowing nations, with TA mandates, to consider women’s empowerment issues to achieve short and long-term results

13. “Have you tried applying the WB’s Results- Based Indicators to gender in your particular sector?”  1 participant said yes- ◦ The participant stated that they are working on a project funded by the World Bank: “Measuring the Impact of National policies on gender equality” in Jordan  No- Reasoning: ◦ You are not involved in projects, plans or programs that the WB provides to your ministry ◦ You do not know how to apply these indicators ◦ There has not been an opportunity to participate in any training regarding these indicators

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